'JS Journal', May 1980

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Shop window that reflects success

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Shop window
'A RESOUNDING SUCCESS' is how
chairman John Sainsbury described JS's
performance over the last year as a
result of the annual results published on
May 7.
In the year 1979/80 JS has boosted
pre-tax profits by no...
By the buy

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By the buy
A CHANGE in SavaCentre's buying
procedures was announced last month.
JS is taking over buying control of food
for this JS/British Home Stores joint
hypermarket venture to build on its
previous success. From the...
Contents Page

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Pages 1-7 and 10-11
General news
Pages 8-9 and 12-14
Feature
Pages 16-23
People
Page 24
Archives
Fresh foods and pastures new

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Fresh foods and pastures new
THE NEW ROLE of fresh foods marketing
manager has been taken up by
Mike Conolly, previously advertising
manager.
Mike graduated from Cambridge
University with a languages degree and
came to JS...
Good year for business partners

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Good year for business partners
IT'S GOOD NEWS WEEK for at
about the same time as details of JS's
bumper trading year were released, there
came the news that two of the
company's business partners also
announced higher...
Opening phase

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Opening phase
THE FIRST PHASE of JS's new
supermarket development at Brighton
Hill, Basingstoke, celebrated its opening
day just as the Journal went to press on
May 13.
The sales area of 13,864 square feet
(1,358 square...
Big deal clinched

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Big deal clinched
'LOCAL HISTORY in the making' was
the comment made by councellor
Richard Kirby when he received
substantial cheque from JS director of
property and development Gurth Hoyer
Millar.
The exchange clinched a...
Health and beauty go it alone

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Health and beauty go it alone
HEALTH AND BEAUTY buying has
now developed into a new separate department.
The last few years have seen
the rapid growth of the toiletries trade—
172 JS branches now stock health and
beauty...
BOUNCING BABYWEAR

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ROMPING HOME easily in the popularity
stakes are the new developments
in the textiles department's babywear
section.
Additions to the attractive range that
has been built up from the first pilot
schemes 18 months ago,...
A logical extension

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A logical extension
EXTENDING ITS LEAD again into
the own-label electrical accessory
market, JS has now introduced handy 13
amp and 5 amp extension leads coiled
and thus compact and ideal for any
household.
Both leads...
Stationery moves on

05
Stationery moves on
A CORPORATE IMAGE now links
over two dozen JS own-label stationery
accessories.
A new card design has been developed
to standardise this range for
peg board display in all branches that stock stationery....
Dough raising Raises dough

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Dough raising Raises dough
THE HURLINGHAM CLUB was the
venue for a cookery demonstration on
March 20 to raise money for the Parsons
Green Friends of the Imperial Cancer
Research fund.
Two hundred people paid £2 to...
Meanwhile up on the roof...

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Meanwhile up on the roof...
HAPPY LANDINGS were made recently
at Oldbury SavaCentre—by the
air handling units that is.
The units, to provide heating by
means of gas, and air conditioning in the
summer, were lifted by a...
Off to Peru!

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Off to Peru!
PARDON ME BOY is that the
Cusichaca choo-choo? Not as an unusual
a question as you might think—
especially for graphic designer at Blackfriars
Sarah Drew. This month sees her
off to Peru until September as one...
Seeing stars

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Meeting before lunch the nine Miss JS finalists outside Buckingham Palace. Left to right: Debbie Young, Yvonne Walker,
Cheryt Edwards, Anna Gray, Dawn Harper, Tina Canon, Debbie Mooring, Lisa Head and Elaine Swan *WE WERE TREATED...
Computer conference

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Computer conference
JS HOSTED an important international
event at the end of March. Major
supermarkets of the world were
represented at the 23rd Plenary meeting
of the Comite International des
Enterprises a Succursales...
Sir John tells UK farmers how to grow

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LAST YEAR the chairman accepted an invitation
from Agriculture Minister Peter Walker to join a team
of five advisors to investigate the problems of
marketing UK agricultural and horticultural
products. In this role he recently...
Press breakfast at JS

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Press breakfast at JS
THE PRESS WERE IMPRESSED
when they were introduced by J S to its
wide range of quality breakfast foods at
a special reception on April 8.
New ideas mixed with the traditional
as journalists were invited...
Egg sell

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Egg sell
SPILLERS IS TO buy the 40 per cent
share-holding in the company Sainsbury
Spillers owned by JS.
The move was announced on April 11
in a joint statement and Sainsbury
Spillers, which claims a 5 per cent share
of the...
Insurance premiums cost less at Sainsbury's

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Insurance premiums cost less at Sainsbury's
DID YOU KNOW that if yon work at JS you can obtain
discounts off insurance premiums under two staff insurance
schemes operated by the company.
The first scheme is run by the Royal...
JS man for president

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JS man for president
LEN PAYNE, the director responsible
for JS's distribution division, has been
elected president of the Freight
Transport Association.
The association represents all major
industrial, commercial and retail...
Pennies spent at JS save £££s

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Pennies spent at JS save £££s
JS IS BEST in many ways, but did you
know that just one of those special
assets is good value toilet paper?
Roll for roll and sheet by sheet
Actionwoman in Woman magazine hunted
out and...
Woking's sparkling success

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Woking's sparkling success
PROSPECTING FOR DIAMONDS is
not, as far as we know, on the supermarket
assistant training programme,
but the girls at Woking branch recently
found a diamond without any trouble at
all.
When a...
La creme de la trifles

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La creme de la trifles
JANUARY 29 SAW the first
appearance in 121 Sainsbury stores of
JS's own-label fresh cream trifles with
raspberries.
Reported the Journal 'if your culinary
reputation hangs on the excellence of
your...
Hunting for a hobby

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Hunting
ITS NOT ONLY THE RICH and
landed gentry who own impressive
hunter weight horses if Elaine Swan is
anyone to go by. Energetic and
hardworking Elaine looks after her
horse Harvest Gold with no assistance,
financial or...
A high degree of learning

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A high degree of learning
A PERSONAL AMBITION has been
achieved by Laurie Diggle, wages and
management accountant at Basingstoke
depot. Laurie's long years of study—and
a lot of support and patience from his
wife and...
Out for a duck!

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Out for a duck!
ANTI-DUCK LAWS had to be
explained to customers Chris and Helen
Covill when they tried to take their pet
on a shopping trip to Ilford central
branch.
They thought the rule to bar all
animals was quackers...
Thank you letters

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Thank you letters
RA Y SIMS, manager at Lordshill
branch, was unfortunately taken ill a few
months ago, and since then his wife Erica
has been overwhelmed by the number of
people throughout the company who have
been in touch...
Veterans double bill

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Veterans double bill
A WELCOME RETURN was made
this year to the favourite haunt of the JS
veterans group, the Royal Lancaster
Hotel, for their 32nd annual reunion.
This year though for the first time the
event was held over...
Depot double

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Depot double
A SPECIAL ACCOLADE has been paid to the very successful Charlton football
team by SSA central office in the form of a commemorative cup. The team, which
has now disbanded, won the JS Sunday league for the last six...
Pushing the bed to the limit

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Pushing the bed to the limit
WEEKS OF PREPARATION were put
in by Cheltenham branch before a
charity race on March 30.
One of the team members told the
Journal, 'with the help of the local
hospital, who supplied us with the...
World beaters?

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World beaters?
ALMOST £2,500 was recently raised for
charity by Ian Meldrum, a driver at
Orpington branch, with eleven friends in
a sponsored darts marathon.
The 12 strong team from Orpington
Village Hall Social Club took...
Lucky darts

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Lucky darts
THESSA DARTS finals were held at
Basingstoke clubhouse on April 13. The
event was a great success , entered into
with the usual gusto by all who attended.
Pictured right are the winners of the
Arcady Team Trophy...
Appointments

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Appointments
C Etheridge has now assumed
responsibility for C Summerton's
district. Mr Summerton is taking on the
branches in A Trevethan's district while
Mr Trevethan assumes responsibility for
O Keen's district.
A Dring,...
Long service

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Long service
Jean Cherrett, part-time supermarket assistant
at Winchester, has completed 25
years service with JS.
She joined the company at 67 Sutton
and transferred to Winchester in 1950.
Doug Ginn, meat manager at...
Retirements

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Retirements
Willie Smith, grocery manager at
Eastbourne branch, retired on April 11
after 46 years with the company.
Willie joined JS in 1934 in the old
manual shop and remained there until
he joined the Royal Artillery in...
Obituary

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Obituary
Jean Sanford, a display assistant at
Kings Lynn branch, died on April 8—
some four months after it was found she
was suffering from cancer.
Jean began working for JS in 1972
when the Kings Lynn branch...
Trading trials for maximum service

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Trading trials for maximum service
EXTRA 'LATE NIGHT' trading is one
way of extending JS's service to
customers and meeting the demands of
today's stiff high street competition.
Experiments are now in progress to
ascertain...
Getting fit for retirement

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Getting fit for retirement
RETIRING EARLY due to ill health
has gentled Bill Allwright into his new
life.
Bill, provisions warehouseman at
Kingsland Road branch, completed
more than 40 years at JS and although
he admits...
Sporting life

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'I'VE ENJOYED EVERY minute of it
so far,' said recently retired Fred
Coombs, former post room messenger
familiar to everyone at Blackfriars. 'It's
all I've wanted since I was 14!'
Fred joined the bakery department on
the...
Running Horses Yard

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Archives
Running Horses Yard THE OLD PHOTOGRAPH (above)
shows Running Horses Yard in 1923,
with the spire of Christchurch in the
background. Obviously its days of
splendour had passed, for from the
1750's it had been a...